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saw that evolved with richard nixon in the 1960's. >> so, how the evolved during richard nixon and was he partially was possible in your view? >> he was both, he didn't create the wave but the surf the way. basically, the '60s social movements became all the more passionate, sometimes even violent, lars swath of white middle-class america became very frightened that the normal expectations of law-and-order were being up ended, and richard nixon could have house that rage into political advantage of that ragin not only did he harbored but exacerbated it as a political strategy. >> how? these for example, he argued privately, although some of the said they said it publicly, that they wanted to achieve a strategy a positive
saw that evolved with richard nixon in the 1960's. >> so, how the evolved during richard nixon and was he partially was possible in your view? >> he was both, he didn't create the wave but the surf the way. basically, the '60s social movements became all the more passionate, sometimes even violent, lars swath of white middle-class america became very frightened that the normal expectations of law-and-order were being up ended, and richard nixon could have house that rage into...
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richard nixon is resigned -- in 1974. it was a big news story then. but we will come to recognize this occasion as the anesthesiology to american politics that allowed bigger crimes of ronald reagan and george bush to perpetuate. this is a big story that the 24 hour news cycles do not address. guest: there was no cover-up with ronald reagan concerning the iran contra. i do not think there was a cover-up in the bush white house, either. the voters spoke up against bush strongly last november. but i disagree with the caller. i do not think there was a cover-up. the american people spoke out. host: mr. stuart loory, you're still very active in journalism and with the missouri school of journalism now. what you think about that callers' comments? guest: i think he had a good, if he was talking about how the press has made -- i think he had a good comment if he is talking about how the press considered others and someone just whispered into my year gordon liddy -- but on the other hand, the idea that the press was covering up the story just was not so. the
richard nixon is resigned -- in 1974. it was a big news story then. but we will come to recognize this occasion as the anesthesiology to american politics that allowed bigger crimes of ronald reagan and george bush to perpetuate. this is a big story that the 24 hour news cycles do not address. guest: there was no cover-up with ronald reagan concerning the iran contra. i do not think there was a cover-up in the bush white house, either. the voters spoke up against bush strongly last november....
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we will talk about the resignation of richard nixon in 1974. in our third hour this morning is one that will be. but we will kickoff, talking about health care. congress people are holding town meetings across the country. we want to find out whether you have attended one of these meetings and what the mood was like, or if you plan to attend one with your congressman or senator. here are some articles about health care and some of the town meetings and some of the papers this morning. this is from "the washington times" and an associated press story. that is in "the washington times" this might. here is an op-ed piece this morning and "the baltimore sun." can we just cut to the chase, already? this is about people who are unhappy with the results of the november election. that is fine. no one has to pretend to be happy about it. but to pretend that you are on some high-minded crew say that you are fighting fascism or something like it, or taking back america, is simply dishonest. kicking back america from whom? -- taking back america from him?
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chris: so when we come back, now did richard nixon recover from that point? how did he re-establish himself? and what about president clinton's own new higher profile these days? also scoops and prediction frs the notebooks -- and predictions from the notebooks of these top reporters. >> the "the chris matthews show" is brought to you by the hartford. chris: welcome back. 35 years ago today richard nixon resigned and the 20 years he lived in retirement nixon plotted his way back to a certain respectability. it's an intriguing thing to remember. just seven years after he left, nixen was in a gallup poll's top 10 most admired men in the world. that yr, jimmy carter invited him back to the white house for a chinese state visit. nixon also was invited by ronald reagan to the anwar sadat funeral in 1981. in 1984 he gave a big speech to newspaper editors. the reviews were almost fawning because he showed this command. >> we must give the soviet union a stake in peace. and being as direct as i can under the circumstances, and helpful, and i do not say this as critic
chris: so when we come back, now did richard nixon recover from that point? how did he re-establish himself? and what about president clinton's own new higher profile these days? also scoops and prediction frs the notebooks -- and predictions from the notebooks of these top reporters. >> the "the chris matthews show" is brought to you by the hartford. chris: welcome back. 35 years ago today richard nixon resigned and the 20 years he lived in retirement nixon plotted his way back...
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nixon in the 1960s. >> so did -- how did it evolve during richard nixon and was he partially responsible in your view? >> well, he was both -- he didn't create the wave but he surfed the wave. as the '60s social movements became passionate and sometimes even violent, large swaths of white middle class america became very frightened that their normal expectations of law and order were being upended. and richard nixon kind of harvested that rage and he took political advantage of that rage and not only did he harvest it but he also exacerbated it as a political strategy. >> how? >> well, for example, he argued privately, although some of his aids said it publicly, that they wanted to achieve a strategy of positive polarization. in other words, it's good to have a political discourse that divides the country into two powerful their belief that the republicans would harvest the bigger side of the divide. so in other words, even though in much of his public rhetoric he would, you know, speak the words of unity that we expect our presidents to speak all the time, barely beneath the surface he
nixon in the 1960s. >> so did -- how did it evolve during richard nixon and was he partially responsible in your view? >> well, he was both -- he didn't create the wave but he surfed the wave. as the '60s social movements became passionate and sometimes even violent, large swaths of white middle class america became very frightened that their normal expectations of law and order were being upended. and richard nixon kind of harvested that rage and he took political advantage of that...
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of the first ever televised debate between richard nixon and john f. kennedy. glad you've joined us, health care with howard dean and remembering don hewitt coming up right now. >> there are so many things wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better but mostly we'e're looki forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly spourts "tavis smiley." tavis and nationwide insurance. working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to the pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--
of the first ever televised debate between richard nixon and john f. kennedy. glad you've joined us, health care with howard dean and remembering don hewitt coming up right now. >> there are so many things wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better but mostly we'e're looki forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly spourts "tavis smiley." tavis...
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how did 80 faltering richard nixon and was the partially responsible in your view? >> he did not create the wave but he served well wave. basically of the '60s social movement became all the more passionate and by land, largest loss of white middle-class america became very frightened through normal expectations of law and order were being appended. richard nixon in house that rage and to a political advantage of that rage and not only harvested its but exacerbated its as a political strategy. for example, he argued privately all the zero he did say publicly they wanted to achieve a polarization in other words, it is good to have a political discourse to divide the country into because of there believe the republicans would harvest a bigger side of the divide is so although much public rhetoric we would expect our president to speak all the time the bear the beneath the surface he encouraged the idea that one group of americans was not american at all one was the silent majority and the others wanted to tear down everything that we had built a seven was some of that
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bill sapphire, richard nixon's speechwriter, put it this way. when you beat a kennedy, you beat the best. the trouble was, nobody did. following the death of senator edward kennedy, here's the "hardball" political story of how these extraordinary brothers sought the american presidency. >> we can make this the best generation. >> let us offer new hope. >> in the 1950s, politics meant men in gray flannel suits, guys like dwight eisenhower, robert taft, adlai stevenson, and richard nixon. they were dull, stodgy. then in 1956 someone new appeared on the political radar. to the democratic convention in chicago that summer a young politician battled the old guard for the vice presidential nomination. and in the process, catapulted himself onto the national stage. his name was jack kennedy. >> i want to take this opportunity first to express my appreciation. >> he was young, alive, great looking, and while he lost the nomination, he wowed the country. >> he tried to get it. he came very, very close. as it turned out, he did not get it but he did becom
bill sapphire, richard nixon's speechwriter, put it this way. when you beat a kennedy, you beat the best. the trouble was, nobody did. following the death of senator edward kennedy, here's the "hardball" political story of how these extraordinary brothers sought the american presidency. >> we can make this the best generation. >> let us offer new hope. >> in the 1950s, politics meant men in gray flannel suits, guys like dwight eisenhower, robert taft, adlai...
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>> host: how did it evolves with richard nixon was the partially responsible in your view? >> guest: he did not create the wave but he served the wave. the 60 social movements became passionate even with the violence large swath of white middle-class america became very frightened that the normal expectations of law and order were being appended. richard nixon house to that rage and he took full the advantage of the rage not only did he harvested but he exacerbated as a political strategy. for example. he argued privately although some aides said publicly that they wanted to achieve a strategy of positive polarization and it is good to have political discourse that divides the country because of the believe the republicans would harvest a bigger side of the divide sell even though with political rhetoric you would speak words of unity you would expect but barely beneath the surface he encouraged the idea that one group of americans would believe they were not quite american at all one was a silent majority the other was hippies and kids tearing down something that we have b
>> host: how did it evolves with richard nixon was the partially responsible in your view? >> guest: he did not create the wave but he served the wave. the 60 social movements became passionate even with the violence large swath of white middle-class america became very frightened that the normal expectations of law and order were being appended. richard nixon house to that rage and he took full the advantage of the rage not only did he harvested but he exacerbated as a political...
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it had to be done, i would have done it, you are right, ronald reagan did it, richard nixon did it, everyone does it read when hostages are held, you have to pay a ransom let's not pretend it was not a ransom. you do it as moral obligation to your citizens who are snatched, but there is a price. it gives legitimacy to a government like that. there are also hit in prices. you may not know what was promised in advanced, food aid or fuel aid. it will happen in the future and we will not even know about it. >> first of all, barack obama showed a certain sense of self by agreeing that bill clinton, a giant figure, would go into this. in that sense, it was almost reaganesque. when jesse jackson repatriated the lieutenant goodman and brought him back, ronald reagan welcome to them to the white house, because he was happy it happened, rather than somehow saying "you violated federal law." >> evan, he spent part of your vacation in pakistan, which is lovely this time of year. what did you find? >> food was actually pretty good, but electricity does not work about half of the time. the capital feels l
it had to be done, i would have done it, you are right, ronald reagan did it, richard nixon did it, everyone does it read when hostages are held, you have to pay a ransom let's not pretend it was not a ransom. you do it as moral obligation to your citizens who are snatched, but there is a price. it gives legitimacy to a government like that. there are also hit in prices. you may not know what was promised in advanced, food aid or fuel aid. it will happen in the future and we will not even know...
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they found their answer and richard nixon. -- their answer in richard nixon >> in your memoir, are you want to tell us the sense of george mcgovern? but i do not think so. i will talk a lot about richard nixon. >> what did you think about him? >> the white house tapes that he made, in this mcgovern campaign, in 1972, when george wallace was shot in the middle of may, 1972, the captured the would-be assassin on the spot. nixon had heard from the fbi or from someone where he lived. he had an apartment in milwaukee. in any event, nixon then called chuck colson in his office. this is on tape. he told him to hurry up and get out to this guy's apartment in milwaukee before the fbi surrounded it and took over and plant mcgovern literature. that was the president of united states. i think that is all you need to know. >> you've come across as a mild- mannered individual. do you ever get really angry? >> i do from time to time. >> what angers you most in politics? >> i am increasingly angered by the acidity -- the passivity of the media. they are always contesting these two sides. a television
they found their answer and richard nixon. -- their answer in richard nixon >> in your memoir, are you want to tell us the sense of george mcgovern? but i do not think so. i will talk a lot about richard nixon. >> what did you think about him? >> the white house tapes that he made, in this mcgovern campaign, in 1972, when george wallace was shot in the middle of may, 1972, the captured the would-be assassin on the spot. nixon had heard from the fbi or from someone where he...
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nixon and the whole debate of the pentagon papers prior -- or richard nixon, we might be talking about how we got into vietnam. quite a different reaction, i would think, in the way it would be covered. >> well, neil, if you look at this, i think the really big lawsuit -- wazoo is that you have simultaneous plummeting of the barack obama approval ratings, and you have got simultaneous distrust being sewn back into the electorate, when you hear geithner and sommers, as you very articulately pointed out on this program -- when you. geithner or larry summers -- when you hear geithner or larry summers. if he loses its credibility, trying to build this kind of utopia, everything else is shot. coupled with what we have been able to educate ourselves on regarding the health care debate in the last couple of months, it is combining to combine into a double whammy against the administration. neil: at this time, they are also controlling our studio lights, which also concerns me. just kidding. i am trying to understand this. this administration is very tech savvy, very internet savvy. the v.p. c
nixon and the whole debate of the pentagon papers prior -- or richard nixon, we might be talking about how we got into vietnam. quite a different reaction, i would think, in the way it would be covered. >> well, neil, if you look at this, i think the really big lawsuit -- wazoo is that you have simultaneous plummeting of the barack obama approval ratings, and you have got simultaneous distrust being sewn back into the electorate, when you hear geithner and sommers, as you very...
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. >> rick what is the nicest thing you can say about richard nixon? >> he was a very good father, his daughters both spoke very highly of him. but, e besides at, as a politician, seriously, i tried to write a book that is sympathetic and that shows empathy towards him. this is a guy 60% of the american people decided -- not 60%, i should say defer to theresa, 60% of the american people who chose to voted in 1927 which had the lowest turnout of any election up to that point decided that he represented their aspiration and wish and i wold be insulting those americans by saying, there was nothing worth while in the man. i think what is most admirable, about richard nixon was simply his courage, physical courage, spiritual courage, he refused to back down, when more forces more powerful than he tried to trample upon him, and, you know, physicly speaking that was profoundly manifested when he was in south america in 1958 or 1959, i forget which and a mob started throwing stones at him and staying, death to nixon and he got out of the limousine and looked t
. >> rick what is the nicest thing you can say about richard nixon? >> he was a very good father, his daughters both spoke very highly of him. but, e besides at, as a politician, seriously, i tried to write a book that is sympathetic and that shows empathy towards him. this is a guy 60% of the american people decided -- not 60%, i should say defer to theresa, 60% of the american people who chose to voted in 1927 which had the lowest turnout of any election up to that point decided...
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you respect richard nixon? >> he is the best. i mean, he was not quite good enough to bluff his way to full terms, but as far as his ability to find in discern the subterranean medz, boiling barely beneath the american like in speaking to those hopes and dreams, he was brilliant. he was brilliant at thinking about what constituency could build for his politics, and one of the ways in which he was such a brilliant politician and one of the evidence is of it was he was not a very charming man. it is the paradox. he was a guy who people found very hard to get along with. he didn't seem to enjoy people yet he was still able to win the allegiance of millions of americans. >> this is your second book. your first book was on very goldwater and this is your second book on republicans and the bride, and you are working on it there. why so fascinated with the right? >> the thing that fascinates me, i am an unapologetic liberal and a political activist zero prague someone found my work useful and fair. i am fascinated by
you respect richard nixon? >> he is the best. i mean, he was not quite good enough to bluff his way to full terms, but as far as his ability to find in discern the subterranean medz, boiling barely beneath the american like in speaking to those hopes and dreams, he was brilliant. he was brilliant at thinking about what constituency could build for his politics, and one of the ways in which he was such a brilliant politician and one of the evidence is of it was he was not a very charming...
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. >> today is the 35th anniversary of the resignation of richard nixon. edward nixon spoke with us on today's "washington journal." ritten a book recently on the nixon family. where were you on august 8th and 9th? give us a general sense of what was going on. guest: hello, i had my family with me in the cascade mountains at a camp set. i did rather expect something of this sort coming down the line, knowing the dick would do the best thing for the country, regardless of what it did to him or anyone else in the family. it was something he felt -- before the senators came to visit him, he and his speechwriter were already working on something. but i did not really hear anything of this until i came down the mountain from the campsite and stomped in at a barber shop. it was the talk of the shop. host: so, you did not know until after the fact? he did not alert you ahead of time? guest: no, no, he did not alert me. it was something he had to decide from his own mind, probably. it is always fun and amusing to watch the accounts of some reporters who lived thro
. >> today is the 35th anniversary of the resignation of richard nixon. edward nixon spoke with us on today's "washington journal." ritten a book recently on the nixon family. where were you on august 8th and 9th? give us a general sense of what was going on. guest: hello, i had my family with me in the cascade mountains at a camp set. i did rather expect something of this sort coming down the line, knowing the dick would do the best thing for the country, regardless of what it...
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. >> have you ever imagined interviewing richard nixon? >> uh-oh, yeah. i could never outfox that guy. he was a chess master. he was a poker master. he thought for five steps ahead of everyone else and of course the movie frost/nixon which came out this past year which was quite excellent, which basically was a rare moment when seen to let down his guard, and seems to have been tested by this petty, sort of lowbrow television host. i mean, it is straight out of loud super guo the best way to defeat an enemy is to mr. tim but making emboly that you are not as strong as you really are. i don't know, i think david frost was the better man on that one. >> rec perlstein, author of nixonland. >> thank you. .. and that's what the book is about. what it attempts to explain is what everyone agrees is a dysfunctional policy. but first, as wolf pulitzer cents on the situation room we have some breaking news, i want to talk a bill bit about what president obama did yesterday. he announced a relaxation of the u.s. embargo on cuba. this began in october, 1960. it was i
. >> have you ever imagined interviewing richard nixon? >> uh-oh, yeah. i could never outfox that guy. he was a chess master. he was a poker master. he thought for five steps ahead of everyone else and of course the movie frost/nixon which came out this past year which was quite excellent, which basically was a rare moment when seen to let down his guard, and seems to have been tested by this petty, sort of lowbrow television host. i mean, it is straight out of loud super guo the...
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with the hard-fought nomination in hand, the kennedy campaign set its sights on beating richard nixon. contrasting jack's vitality and promise to get the country moving again with the stat us attached to the 1960s. >>> the republican nominee, of course, is a young man, but his approach is as old as mckinley's. >> nixon was thrown at first by the coldness and the efficiency of the kennedy frontal assault. he had known and liked jack since they came to the house together in 1947. jack's father had donated money to nixon's senate campaign. jack hand-delivered the check to nixon's office and even told newspaper columnist charles bartlett, a close friend, that he would vote for nixon for president if he, jack, did not get the nomination. but jack was not one to let political fellowship affect his game. >> kennedy's team knew that the new medium of television was the way to persuade voter es. his sun-tanned radiant image was worth thousands of words and hundreds of thousands of votes. they brought in bill wilson, a seasoned tv producer. in the first prez dent chal tv debate, wilson made sur
with the hard-fought nomination in hand, the kennedy campaign set its sights on beating richard nixon. contrasting jack's vitality and promise to get the country moving again with the stat us attached to the 1960s. >>> the republican nominee, of course, is a young man, but his approach is as old as mckinley's. >> nixon was thrown at first by the coldness and the efficiency of the kennedy frontal assault. he had known and liked jack since they came to the house together in 1947....
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you really shed a tear for george nixon -- for richard nixon? >> there is something about nixon. he was probably the single most hated politician in washington. it was something you heard about constantly, not just people who agree with it -- disagree with him politically. there was something about his weirdness and his ambition which sometimes was successful such as china. it is compelling and there is an element of tragedy because he really threw it away through a federal personal flaw of paranoia. >> back to your column. you say, "unlike nixon, president bush is less an overreaching machiavelli it then and at the plunder -- a blunder were surrounded by machiavelli's. explain that. >> my feeling about bush has not changed. he was a guy who was not terribly ideological. he certainly campaigned on not doing nation-building or having a very modest foreign policy and getting a few things done. after 9/11, he was surrounded by very powerful personalities who had strong ideologies. he been with that wind -- he'd been with that wind -- he bent with that wind. >> nixon came from nothin
you really shed a tear for george nixon -- for richard nixon? >> there is something about nixon. he was probably the single most hated politician in washington. it was something you heard about constantly, not just people who agree with it -- disagree with him politically. there was something about his weirdness and his ambition which sometimes was successful such as china. it is compelling and there is an element of tragedy because he really threw it away through a federal personal flaw...
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>> it was, and although you know richard nixon sometimes gets a bad rap on that. he gave us several programs we now value quite a bit. he did agree. he was coming under pressure from the american medical association and from the small business groups which did not want this. they felt they would be pressured to provide health insurance, which in fact they're still saying today and they're still opposed to what's called an employer mandate even to this day. >> how much will the passionate, determined kennedy voice be missed down the stretch, steven pearl stestein pearlstein, in this health care debate we're going through? >> it will be missed quite a bit, and it won't be just the passion that's missing. ted kennedy over a long period of time, very long, developed a lot of cred with liberals. if he went to liberals and said we have to give up this to get that, they pretty much would go along with him, and there is nobody now who has that kind of credibility with liberals that can get them to make compromises that are going to be necessary to get this through. that's
>> it was, and although you know richard nixon sometimes gets a bad rap on that. he gave us several programs we now value quite a bit. he did agree. he was coming under pressure from the american medical association and from the small business groups which did not want this. they felt they would be pressured to provide health insurance, which in fact they're still saying today and they're still opposed to what's called an employer mandate even to this day. >> how much will the...
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and then the 35th anniversary of richard nixon's resignation. we look at bill clinton's new and higher profile this week. that's all coming up here at :00. for a look at what is coming up on "meet the press," here is david gregory. >> thank you, good morning. and after the happy homecoming of two american journalists held in north korea, we are left with questions. did washington pay an unacceptable price for the freedom, and we will talk to the man in the middle of it all, the national security advisor, general james jones. >>> is the stimulus plan working? we are joined by mike bloomberg of new york, and booker of new jersey. >>> good morning, everybody. we start with baseball, and offense is what has powered the nats to the winning streak. the one thing you don't get against haren. and last night, nats are trying to stretch the streak to seven. and dunn facing haren with runners on the corners. and then a base hit. and morgan trots home to give the nats a 1-0 lead. and so instead of coming from behind, the nats get on the board first. the bot
and then the 35th anniversary of richard nixon's resignation. we look at bill clinton's new and higher profile this week. that's all coming up here at :00. for a look at what is coming up on "meet the press," here is david gregory. >> thank you, good morning. and after the happy homecoming of two american journalists held in north korea, we are left with questions. did washington pay an unacceptable price for the freedom, and we will talk to the man in the middle of it all, the...
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i'm at richard nixon when i was 13 years old. he was campaigning in bloomfield, new jersey, in 1968 campaign. i guess a republican can still go to new jersey. he gives a speech. at thend of the speech i went up to him and handed him a pad and a pen and asked himor an autograph. and he tried to sign it with the wrong end of the pen. i ould have figur then this is not going to end well. so i flipped the pen around and got an autograph from him. d i thought 13 year old said this ia nice guy. within a couple of years w were still in vietnam, and i was getting close to draft age and i hated him. and rich office my own little personal nixonland. i met nader when i was 17. he was in new jersey speaking to a crowd. heas a very patient man about being interviewed by a teenage journalist. so i really liked nader. in those days, everybody liked nader, unless you are the ceo of a car company. so i was thinking about reading those two books. you probably couldn't think of two differenteople than richard nixon and ralph nader during these time
i'm at richard nixon when i was 13 years old. he was campaigning in bloomfield, new jersey, in 1968 campaign. i guess a republican can still go to new jersey. he gives a speech. at thend of the speech i went up to him and handed him a pad and a pen and asked himor an autograph. and he tried to sign it with the wrong end of the pen. i ould have figur then this is not going to end well. so i flipped the pen around and got an autograph from him. d i thought 13 year old said this ia nice guy....
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. >> 35 years ago as richard nixon resigns. it's friday, august 7th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> looks as though we made it to another friday. >> we did, thank goodness! >> good morning, i'm vinita nair. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. he's probably one of the most wanted terrorists you've never heard of. now it appears that baitullah mehsud is dead. pakistani officials say they think he wasilled in a missile strike. here's martha raddatz. >> baitullah mehsud, whose back is to the camera, is enemy number one in pakistan, believed to be behind some of the most spectacular attacks in that country, including the assassination of benazir bhutto in december 2007 and horrific suicide bombings in lahore this year. u.s. officials consider him a grave threat as well. the nexus of all terror groups in pakistan. the u.s. and pakistan have been trying to track mehsud for months. nine of the last ten cia drone strikes have been aimed at his network. but u.s. and pakistani officials believe a strike in south waziristan v
. >> 35 years ago as richard nixon resigns. it's friday, august 7th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> looks as though we made it to another friday. >> we did, thank goodness! >> good morning, i'm vinita nair. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. he's probably one of the most wanted terrorists you've never heard of. now it appears that baitullah mehsud is dead. pakistani officials say they think he wasilled in a missile strike. here's...
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he produced the first televised presidential debate between jfk and richard nixon in 1960. he was 86 years old. >>> it looks more like a junkyard than a parking lot. officials believe -- what officials believe caused the destruction. >> the side window has been busted, every night is a nightmare. i cannot sleep. there is all kinds of gunshots. >> a community on edge after a bullet penetrated home from the outside striking a teenage girl. (announcer) now skating...jim perdue. there's no skating around the fact that my perdue perfect portions fresh chicken breasts are perfect. each piece come individually wrapped, so you can cook what you need and easily store what you don't. and they're perfectly sized to cook quickly and evenly in only 10 minutes. it's the perfect answer to your dinner routine. (announcer) perdue perfect portions. also in a variety of all natural seasonings. >> a tornado touched down in texas yesterday, tossing cars around like toys. you can see the cards stacked on each other after the storm moved through. police said that the suspected tornado touched dow
he produced the first televised presidential debate between jfk and richard nixon in 1960. he was 86 years old. >>> it looks more like a junkyard than a parking lot. officials believe -- what officials believe caused the destruction. >> the side window has been busted, every night is a nightmare. i cannot sleep. there is all kinds of gunshots. >> a community on edge after a bullet penetrated home from the outside striking a teenage girl. (announcer) now skating...jim...
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but i'll talk a lot about richard nixon. >> what did you think of him? >> i'll tell you one story that's observable on the tapes the white house tapes nixon made, when - in this campaign in the mcgovern campaign in 1972, when george wallace was shot, middle of may, 1972 in maryland and for some reason - i guess people were capturing assassin or would be assassin on the spot and nixon heard from the fbi or from someone where he lived. he had an apartment in maybe milwaukee - i think that's right. in any event. nixon then called chuck coalson and this is on tape and asked him, told him to hurry up and get out to this guy's apartment in milwaukee before the fbi surrounded it and took over and plant mcgovern literature. i - that's president of the united states. [laughs] i think that's all you need to know. >> you come across as a mild mannered individual. you ever get really angry? >> i do from time-to-time, yeah. >> what angers you most in politics? >> i'm increasingly, um... angered by the passiveness of the media. they seem so anxious to preserve the not
but i'll talk a lot about richard nixon. >> what did you think of him? >> i'll tell you one story that's observable on the tapes the white house tapes nixon made, when - in this campaign in the mcgovern campaign in 1972, when george wallace was shot, middle of may, 1972 in maryland and for some reason - i guess people were capturing assassin or would be assassin on the spot and nixon heard from the fbi or from someone where he lived. he had an apartment in maybe milwaukee - i think...
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kennedy and richard nixon. jane: investigators now say marijuana growers with possible ties to mexican drug cartels were the ones that caused and 80,000-acre fire in california. is this a sign of things to come? back-to-school shopping usually means the sweet sound of cash registers ringing, but not so much this year. families are holding a tight grip on their wallets. julie banderas is at a shopping mall for us. what is the forecast? >> the forecast for grand jury is probably what it is for everyone else, -- gregg jarrett is probably what it is for everyone else, not very good. the national retail sales association projects a percent -- a% of families will be spending less than last year. the forecast does not a good buy all the retailers are trying to keep up with that. if you go to a mall to buy your daughter's backpack, you will find sales of up to 75%. that is pretty incredible. jane: i can hear him now. use the one from three years ago. so big discounts, this is what the stores are doing to get people in
kennedy and richard nixon. jane: investigators now say marijuana growers with possible ties to mexican drug cartels were the ones that caused and 80,000-acre fire in california. is this a sign of things to come? back-to-school shopping usually means the sweet sound of cash registers ringing, but not so much this year. families are holding a tight grip on their wallets. julie banderas is at a shopping mall for us. what is the forecast? >> the forecast for grand jury is probably what it is...
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i like richard nixon, he was like a father to me, but if i wrote my memoirs, which i intend to do, i would have no hesitancy in saying i urged him to do the bombing on north vietnam in 1969. i thought he should have vetoed this bill and he didn't do it. i think you can do that and be respectful and say, you know, the president of the united states, you serve him loyally, but you got a right to write your memoirs and say where you stood on all these issues. after the presidency is over. >> pat, why didn't you write your nixon memoir in the '70s when it was hot? if you do a nixon memoir, it will come out over 40 years later, after the president is dead. it seems there's a big difference between that and what cheney is doing. >> you're right, but, look, i was not 68 years old. i was 34, 35 when i left the administration. cheney, let's face it, he's had a heart condition. he's got a tremendous reputation in history as the most controversial vice president, most powerful, influential. i almost think, lawrence, he's got an obligation to lay out why he did what he did. he's been out front o
i like richard nixon, he was like a father to me, but if i wrote my memoirs, which i intend to do, i would have no hesitancy in saying i urged him to do the bombing on north vietnam in 1969. i thought he should have vetoed this bill and he didn't do it. i think you can do that and be respectful and say, you know, the president of the united states, you serve him loyally, but you got a right to write your memoirs and say where you stood on all these issues. after the presidency is over. >>...
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and the remember the congress of senator ford signing the privacy act shortly after richard nixon heft office which meant it was unlawful for the president or anyone to compile an enemies' list. do these folks that are doing this care about the law? does the president know what they're doing in the name of the most powerful entity on the manet, the white house -- on the planet, the white house? >> there is plausible deny ability here. you won't find rahm emanuel in an air-conditioning duct going into the r.n.c. and what you have here is these people compiling the information, feeding the information to the net roots people. the day it was found out that the town halls were being infested with people who wanted to raise their hands and ask their representatives to read the bill, the seiu found itself down there confronting the people who would ask the questions of the representatives. this is what community organizing is. they have complete plausible deniability here, and it is actually a brilliant scheme. if it wasn't nefarious, why did they shut down the operation? why is that website
and the remember the congress of senator ford signing the privacy act shortly after richard nixon heft office which meant it was unlawful for the president or anyone to compile an enemies' list. do these folks that are doing this care about the law? does the president know what they're doing in the name of the most powerful entity on the manet, the white house -- on the planet, the white house? >> there is plausible deny ability here. you won't find rahm emanuel in an air-conditioning...
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here's one, as the vice presidental candidate back in 1952, a young richard nixon was attacked by a newspaper columnist for maintaining a slush fund. he was the first to use the new medium of tv to go over the heads of newspaper writers in their living rooms. he nailed his defense with this. >> one other thing i probably should tell you, because if i don't, thee probably be saying this about me too. we did get something, a gift, after the election. a imagine down in texas heard pat on the radio mention our two youngsters would like to have a dog. black and white, spotted. and our little girl, the 6-year-old named checkers. regardless of what they say about t we're going to keep it. chris: brilliant use of the word they. he's talking on the tube to the biggest audience in history, up against us and the media. it was brilliant. >> the vice president knew there was a lot of pressure on president eisenhower to dump him for the second-term. so he gets on there and acts human. in a way that people can relate to. talking about his two small children and a dog. it was a brilliant performance. it seal
here's one, as the vice presidental candidate back in 1952, a young richard nixon was attacked by a newspaper columnist for maintaining a slush fund. he was the first to use the new medium of tv to go over the heads of newspaper writers in their living rooms. he nailed his defense with this. >> one other thing i probably should tell you, because if i don't, thee probably be saying this about me too. we did get something, a gift, after the election. a imagine down in texas heard pat on the...
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richard nixon comes to mind. bill clinton comes to mind. even the prior president comes to mind when it comes to corralling support for the war in iraq. i'm not judging either or any of the prior. i'm just saying that this is how the game is played. is it not? >> well to a certain extent it is. but it's usually played on the positive not the negative. the president will come to someone's state and talk about the importance and the success of the stimulus. if president obama or one of the cabinet officers had gone to air to tout something that was good for arizona, that was coming out of stimulus that would have been inbounds. saying, look, we're going to work hard to get you funding in a package if you support this, that happens all the time. but after the law has been passed, after $800 billion is out there to say we'll basically withhold it if you don't play ball that hasn't happened before. neil: one thing that hasn't happened before that's a little new is this whitehouse.gov website. i might have just lost him. can you hear me, congress
richard nixon comes to mind. bill clinton comes to mind. even the prior president comes to mind when it comes to corralling support for the war in iraq. i'm not judging either or any of the prior. i'm just saying that this is how the game is played. is it not? >> well to a certain extent it is. but it's usually played on the positive not the negative. the president will come to someone's state and talk about the importance and the success of the stimulus. if president obama or one of the...
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but laying he will for awhile i don't think has got any downside at all. >> that richard nixon analogy, i've got to tell you, chris matthews is saying you can't count her out, as well. thank you very much, jim warren, appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> watch "meet the press" tomorrow. david gregory's guest will be larry summers, director of the national economic council. that is this sunday on "meet the press," so check your local listings for the time. >>> developing now here in new york. police say a bomb scare at laguardia airport's main terminal, terminal "c," it is now over. a man described as emotionally disturbed apparently entered that terminal with a fake bomb this morning. that man is now in custody. the terminal was evacuated and stayed shut down for hours. most of the terminal is now open again and as a result of the upheaval, american airlines says it's already been forced to cancel at least ten flights and there are delays of up to three hours. talk about a mess there. >>> new this morning, iran is now confirming that it has detained three american tourists after they all
but laying he will for awhile i don't think has got any downside at all. >> that richard nixon analogy, i've got to tell you, chris matthews is saying you can't count her out, as well. thank you very much, jim warren, appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> watch "meet the press" tomorrow. david gregory's guest will be larry summers, director of the national economic council. that is this sunday on "meet the press," so check your local listings for the time....
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he could have been the nominee in 1968 and i think he could have been richard nixon that year. after chappaquiddick, he was doomed. and he has said, i do not mind being president, i just mind that somebody else is. [laughter] >> what does his death me to the future of health care in the united states? >> his ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws that are reflected in millions of lives, seniors who no new dignity, families who know do opportunity, inç children you know education's promise and in all who can pursue their dream in an america that is more equal and more just, including myself. >> president obama, speaking from martha's vineyard. in washington, caroline and ted kennedy passed the torch to barack obama. why did he go with obama instead of hillary clinton? >> i think it was stated during that stirring speech. he recognized the country was ready to go in a new direction and change was the watchword. he saw that in obama and what he could bring to the presidency, to the country. it was a good appeal for the clintons, but they represented the past. and kennedy
he could have been the nominee in 1968 and i think he could have been richard nixon that year. after chappaquiddick, he was doomed. and he has said, i do not mind being president, i just mind that somebody else is. [laughter] >> what does his death me to the future of health care in the united states? >> his ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws that are reflected in millions of lives, seniors who no new dignity, families who know do opportunity, inç children you know...
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nixon. >> i felt like the referee before a fight. giving them the last-minute instructions before they went to their corner and came out swinging. >> reporter: hewitt advised nixon to wear makeup, but he did not, losing the debate, appearing tired and pale on television. a couple of years later, don hewitt became the executive producer of the cbs new englaevs with walker cronkite. but his greatest creation was no doubt "60 minutes," the show that changed the face of broadcast journalism. >> go ahead evening. this is "60 minutes." it's kind of a magazine for television. >> reporter: "60 minutes" was the first news program to become a top ten television show. it regularly made headlines from stories ranging from hard-hitting investigative pieces to interviews with the famous and notorious. the show won every award in the book. >> you're gutting the piece. >> then forget "60 minutes." they don't get on this week. >> reporter: tell me a story, hewitt would demand. he had an instinct for knowing what the average american likes to watch an
nixon. >> i felt like the referee before a fight. giving them the last-minute instructions before they went to their corner and came out swinging. >> reporter: hewitt advised nixon to wear makeup, but he did not, losing the debate, appearing tired and pale on television. a couple of years later, don hewitt became the executive producer of the cbs new englaevs with walker cronkite. but his greatest creation was no doubt "60 minutes," the show that changed the face of...
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. >> reporter: he took on duties directing the debate between john kennedy and richard nixon. >> i felt like a referee at a fight. i was giving them them last minute instructions before they went to the corner and came out swinging. >> reporter: hewitt advised him use make up bethe declined eventually losing the election. a couple of years later he became the executive producer of the cbs evening news with walter cronkite. he is credited with coining the term anchorman and creating a look that for decades defined how information news was presented but his greatest reindication is no -- creation was 60 minutes the face of journalism. >> this is 60 minutes a kind of magazine for television. >> reporter: 6 a minutes was the first news program to become a top ten television show. it regularly made headlines with stories ranging from hard- hitting investigative pieces to interviews with the famous and the notorious. the show won every award in the book. >> you're running the piece. >> tell me a story, hewitt would demand. he had an instinct for knowing what the average american likes to watc
. >> reporter: he took on duties directing the debate between john kennedy and richard nixon. >> i felt like a referee at a fight. i was giving them them last minute instructions before they went to the corner and came out swinging. >> reporter: hewitt advised him use make up bethe declined eventually losing the election. a couple of years later he became the executive producer of the cbs evening news with walter cronkite. he is credited with coining the term anchorman and...
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and finally not until the french connection to dirty harry the people wake up and richard nixon, we don't stop this. the mack time-out. >> -- >> jon: we have to take one more break. i let them battle it out. when we come back to mack 44 turns 40. alan etter mario two. two birthdays at the white house and to opportunities for us on late night. all next on "news watch" in the south. i'll never forget. it used one tank of petrol and i had to refill it twice with oil. a new car today has 95% lower emissions than in 1970. exxonmobil is working to improve cars, liners of tires, plastics which are lighter and advanced hydrogen technologies that could increase fuel efficiency by up to 80%. [ male announcer ] best shampoo, self magazine. experts at good housekeeping agree. they gave it their seal. [ male announcer ] pantene delivers damage protection results leading salon brands can't beat. you be the expert. experience pantene. i have to climb stairs 20-30 times a day. now joint comfort is easier with new triple flex liquid softgels. the first liquid softgel joint supplement formulated to work in
and finally not until the french connection to dirty harry the people wake up and richard nixon, we don't stop this. the mack time-out. >> -- >> jon: we have to take one more break. i let them battle it out. when we come back to mack 44 turns 40. alan etter mario two. two birthdays at the white house and to opportunities for us on late night. all next on "news watch" in the south. i'll never forget. it used one tank of petrol and i had to refill it twice with oil. a new...
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voters who listened on the radio felt richard nixon won, but those who watched thought kennedy did. and it may have cost nixon the election. >> there's very little i remember about the debate except nixon atrocious makeup. i looked at him on camera and i went "oh, my god, this is trouble." >> call me tuesday when you get back. >> reporter: when the cbs news with walter cronkite becamt nett don hewitt was the executive producer. >> you ready? all right, hit it. >> reporter: he loved the job, but new management at cbs didn't love him. sent to the documentary unit-- the workplace equivalent of siberia-- don was devastated. and then had his best idea yet. >> it's a kind of a magazine for television. >> cue opening, take one. >> reporter: this is how mike wallace remembers it. >> he was out of a job, he was on salary at cbs but he was out of a job and he had some nutty fogs about a magazine yet unnamed. >> reporter: don hewitt called it "60 minutes." and he hired people like mike wallace and morley safer. >> don hewitt really was the incentor of television news as we know it. >> reporter
voters who listened on the radio felt richard nixon won, but those who watched thought kennedy did. and it may have cost nixon the election. >> there's very little i remember about the debate except nixon atrocious makeup. i looked at him on camera and i went "oh, my god, this is trouble." >> call me tuesday when you get back. >> reporter: when the cbs news with walter cronkite becamt nett don hewitt was the executive producer. >> you ready? all right, hit it....
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nixon and all the other republicans except george w. bush negotiated with all of our sworn enemies. i do not know where the payoff is for this. kim jong il obviously wanted somebody he could look up to could go clinton met that test by being 1 ft. and a half taller than he was. i think it is a positive, it is good, and for some people, good news is just intolerable. >> wait a minute, it is not all good news. this had to be done and i would have done it. you are right. reagan did it, nixon did it, everybody does it. when hostages are held, you have to pay a ransom. but let us not pretend that it was bought a ransom. there is a price, and it gives legitimacy to a government like that. there are also hit in prices. we may not know what was promised in advance on fuel aid and food aid agreed we will not know about it if that happens. >> first of all, barack obama showed a certain sense of self and by agreeing that bill clinton, a giant figure, would go and do this. in that sense, it was almost reagan asked -- reaganesque. ronald reagan welc
nixon and all the other republicans except george w. bush negotiated with all of our sworn enemies. i do not know where the payoff is for this. kim jong il obviously wanted somebody he could look up to could go clinton met that test by being 1 ft. and a half taller than he was. i think it is a positive, it is good, and for some people, good news is just intolerable. >> wait a minute, it is not all good news. this had to be done and i would have done it. you are right. reagan did it, nixon...
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i think obama's fallen faster than any president since richard nixon. i would like to see the numbers from the early '70s. one man in american politics who has no right to talk about personal responsibility to anyone it's barack obama. >> why? >> this from the man who has like thrown $2 trillion down the sewer with things like the auto industry. the one thing he will never, ever have the right to do is talk about personal responsibility for the rest of his life. >> tonya, take it. >> very quickly the notion that the president has had a personal responsibility is absurd especially vis-a-vis the auto industry. in 2011 gm will come out with an electric car and thank god for that and the interventions that he made. and speaking of taxes, if you're a couple making $400,000, you will pay $500 a year for this health care reform. i'm not saying it's not real money. >> guys, hang on. let's take another moment. i want to show you another spot that struck me where bam was caught in a little bout of double talk. >> we are held hostage at any given moment by health
i think obama's fallen faster than any president since richard nixon. i would like to see the numbers from the early '70s. one man in american politics who has no right to talk about personal responsibility to anyone it's barack obama. >> why? >> this from the man who has like thrown $2 trillion down the sewer with things like the auto industry. the one thing he will never, ever have the right to do is talk about personal responsibility for the rest of his life. >> tonya, take...